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Daniel Balavoine
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Film & TV
Alençon, Orne, France
Daniel Xavier-Marie Balavoine (5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world in the early 1980s; he inspired many singers of his generation such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michel Berger, who was his closest friend, as well as the Japanese pop-rock group Crystal King. Balavoine was a part of the original cast of the rock…
Known for
- Daniel Balavoine : 40 ans déjà — Self (archive footage)2026
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille — Self (archive footage)2021
- Je m'présente, je m'appelle Daniel — Self (archive footage)2015
- Les Enfants de la Pop 80's — Self (archive footage)2012
- Daniel Balavoine - Le chanteur — Self (archive footage)2010
- Un jour, un destin — Self2007
- Les derniers jours d'une icône : Daniel Balavoine — Self (archive footage)2006
- Sacrée soirée — Self (archive footage)1987
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1952-02-05
- Active to
- 1986-01-14
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 145,239
- Total plays
- 2,532,153
Tags
Emblematic French singer from the 80's, Daniel Balavoine (1952-1986) participated in the first Starmania rock-show (later played in the USA as 'Tycoon') and wrote many popular songs that shook French youth during his time, such as Le Chanteur, L'Aziza, Sauver l'amour ... Very engaged in the civil society, he sang and personified the lust for life, the hopes and the doubts of his generation, often clashing with politicians, elites, and older generations. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dani
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Alençon
- Place of death
- Gourma-Rharous
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- world music
- Instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Official website
- www.dbalavoine.com
- Image
- Daniel Balavoine sur TF1 en 1980 (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- haute-contre
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- Commons category
- Daniel Balavoine
- date of birth
- 1952-02-05
- date of death
- 1986-01-14
- manner of death
- accidental death
- name in native language
- Daniel Balavoine
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- birth name
- Daniel Xavier Marie Balavoine
- end of work period
- 1986-00-00
- influenced by
- Alain Bashung
- cause of death
- aviation accident
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